snag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snag	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for snag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snag n a sharp protuberance a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds" an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" Synonym(s): rip, rent, snag, split, tear an unforeseen obstacle Synonym(s): hang-up, hitch, rub, snag v catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking" get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain" hew jaggedly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snag \Snag\, n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.] 1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance. The coat of arms Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. --Dryden. 2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. --Prior. 3. A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk. 4. (Zo[94]l.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snag \Snag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snagging}.] 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
snag {bug}